New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-16

GLOW did you bring about such marvellous euro ?!
I asked.
81 showed her that disease Is mlsnomcri that
there Is no such thing that her mental forces were
acting harmony and that tho physical appear
and sensations merely reflections OF state
of disorder had her tell me all the incidents
of her life far she able TO recall them which
had disagrceaty impressed her and soon asccraincd
that the principle cause OF her ailmcnt the idea
she aimed OF tho disastrous effects OF fall She
had when she girl then operated upon that
idea II the disease. occupied her n1hd WIN
peasantcr things than self and sensation and soon the
disturbing fancy was gone. Then dosed her with men
tai tonios-hUe the most bencfcent of all nvigor-
aiors faith, pleasant conceptions of those things she
held In desire and estcem-and these restored her
mind and processes normal her body restored
itself"
"Give me another case"
All cases are alike in principle, though Of course
ny methods Ing differ according to the character
Of the diseased Imagination. man came TO me whose
face locked To be as raw As beefsteak Tho doctors
said he had the cryspclas and could never be cured
The trouble is Of the most ordinary
causes diseased religion lie had that
fearful notion of God which Is common and which
Him harsh and vengeful, terrible in His punish
ments jealous of His authority and relentless in His
cruetes. ought God being to be appcascd by sac
rHces and prayers the heather appease their Idols
Don't you believe in prayer?
course addressed the Almighty desiring Him to do
n variety of things which may think would benefit
us. do believe that God changes the laws of His
universe to meet the mistaken cry Of His people. But
the exales its fragrance into the sunlight That
warns II the soul breahes the wealth Of its being
toward its That is prayer. Its effect Is to
draw closely TO the spirit Of which we are
part When my patient substituted reason for imag
natlOnand saw God a. good and not IA hacfn his cry
sipelas or iniamod appearance, which was only the
manifestation Of innamed mind, disappeared. /
could tell you specific cases by the score"
There are learned people in this world and they
know good deal but who OF them all limit and
define the influence Of the mind the body The
medical books full Of phenomena that prove the
influence to be great mother her baby with a
razOI-b blade between its lips, and her own became
inamed and She probably put glScerino on her
lips TN her memory Of the child peril became dull
That people can become sick through mental anxiey,
and that they get well again when the cause OF their
troubled state Is removed are in line with human OK
per1ence. Every time physician sends his patient
10 Europe for change Of scene and air he may he
said, to extent at least to apply the MIND euro.
But who goes riding a spirited horse and is
thrown and breaks his leg will be hard TO convince
that the bone sticking out through his flesh Is not
real bone but fancied one, and that the agony he
feels Is simply the result Of an inharmonous mental
action. i suggested this to the remarkable woman
who believes that green apples be dgested In the
mind
"You wouldn't Understand mo II said that mo
didn't actually break his leg would your" she asked
mournfuily confessed my lack of acutcness.
"But | must say II TO be consistent, and II Is the
fact. However, won't press the point, futhcr than
70 claim that Just disease Is tho appearance rc'
snitant from mental disorder, slow Or rapid In its
erowth the may be, 50 the appearance Of
broken leg IL resultant rom q mental shock Had
he understood the operations Of the ethical law Of
gfsvitston no wouldn't have had the sh0ch and con-